Androgen Blockade for the Treatment of High-Flow Priapism

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2532-2537

  Mwamukonda, Kuwong B ^a   Chi, Thomas ^a   Shindel, Alan W ^a   Lue, Tom F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen Deprivation; Erectile Dysfunction; High Flow Priapism; Nonischemic Priapism; Prolonged Erection

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; KETOCONAZOLE; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PENIS NOCTURNAL TUMESCENCE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955163331     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01838.x     Document Type: Article

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